蒙古沙地蒿 meng gu sha di hao

Artemisia xylorhiza Krascheninnikov ex Filatova.

Shrubs, 30-60 cm tall, with a thick rootstock, much branched. Lower and middle stem leaves: petiole 2-3(-4.5) cm; leaf blade broadly ovate or suborbicular, 2-3 × 2-3 cm, 1- or 2-pinnatisect; segments 2(or 3) pairs, lateral middle lobes 3-lobed; lobes or lobules linear, 10-15 × 0.5-1 mm. Uppermost leaves and leaflike bracts 3- or 5-lobed or entire. Synflorescence a broad panicle. Capitula nodding. Involucre subglobose, 2-2.5 mm in diam. Marginal female florets 3-5. Disk florets 5-10, male. Achenes obovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.

Dunes of desert and semidesert areas, steppes; below 1500 m. E and SE Nei Mongol [Mongolia].